E-commerce News
Amazon opens first staffed pickup location
February 3, 2015
Amazon announced today the grand opening of Amazon@Purdue, its first-ever staffed customer order pickup and drop-off location, housed in the Krach Leadership…
read nowJumio adds new features to Netverify card-scanning tech
February 3, 2015
The enhanced template-matching capability automatically detects the ID edges, rotates and accurately crops it in the frame, regardless of the angle at which…
read nowMore retailers to accept MasterPass
January 30, 2015
Blue Nile, Neiman Marcus, Office Depot and Rue La La among the latest merchants who plan to offer MasterCard's digital wallet service at checkout.
read nowReport: Mobile accounts for 25 percent of online transactions in Q4 2014
January 30, 2015
The holiday shopping season accounted for the majority of such transactions.
read nowOffice Depot picks CoreMedia to augment e-commerce experience
January 26, 2015
Office-supply retailer Office Depot Inc. has picked CoreMedia LiveContext software to help enhance the customer shopping experience for officedepot.com.
read nowAmazon's mobile wallet finds a quick end after only 6 months
January 22, 2015
The company Tuesday sent Amazon Wallet users an email that said the beta program for the mobile wallet had concluded and that the app would no longer be…
read nowAmazon to make original movies for theatrical release
January 19, 2015
The endeavor will be led by Ted Hope, who co-founded the production company Good Machine, which created films such as "Eat Drink Man Woman" and "Crouching…
read nowDecember shopping activity up from November, but down from last year
January 8, 2015
Although traffic dropped year-over-year as the shift toward online shopping accelerated, it was buoyed by a highly promotional month.
read nowGrid Dynamics offers intelligent search for e-commerce
January 7, 2015
The company said its Sercato tool delivers more precise results by recognizing and reporting the concepts included in search phrases rather than just lists of…
read nowSCORE research says most smaller e-commerce sites have no call to action
December 30, 2014
SCORE, which has provided mentoring services to small businesses since 1964, has gathered statistics concerning how much online activity consumers engage in…
read nowSecond consecutive week sees $5B weekdays of online desktop spending
December 17, 2014
The online desktop spending season-to-date remains up 15 percent, still ahead of forecast.
read nowStudy says more people buying beauty and personal care products online
December 16, 2014
The research found that Beauty and Personal Care, an industry traditionally rooted in the ability to touch, smell, sample and experiment with products in…
read nowSurvey says online shoppers lack trust in credit cards
December 16, 2014
Connexity's Bizrate Insights finds U.S. shoppers most trust their personal bank, PayPal and Amazon.
read nowLuxury brand Sabon boosts e-commerce holiday sales by 35 percent via personalization
December 12, 2014
Sabon said it saw dramatic improvements across key performance metrics including user engagement, total page views, time spent on site and most importantly…
read nowThree-quarters of all online purchases made within the first 60 minutes
December 11, 2014
Within the first minute of an online shopping session, brands lose 30 percent of their site visitors.
read nowReport says mobile shoppers prefer Sundays
December 11, 2014
In the U.S., Amazon is the most popular shopping destination for mobile users, with a 36.3-percent market share of traffic; eBay comes in second with 1…
read nowReflektion launches visual site search for online retailers
December 10, 2014
The solution is generating an average of 315 percent more revenue per search term compared to standard site search.
read nowAmazon adds 'make an offer' feature to its marketplace
December 9, 2014
Amazon has added a feature to its third-party marketplace that calls to mind the spirit of weekend yard-sale trips: haggling.
read nowMTA pilots digital signage shopping on Amazon in NYC subways
November 26, 2014
Just in time for the holiday shopping season, New York City MTA's "On the Go" digital signage information kiosks will showcase transactional Amazon.com ads to…
read nowTwitter set to test card-linked offers
November 26, 2014
Social network also is still testing a Buy button as it enhances position as an e-commerce portal.
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